arks wrote:Here are a couple of plants that I saw at Cape Point in March 2010. I've looked and looked through my Field Guide to Fynbos, but haven't found anything conclusive, so I hope that someone can help me with the ID.

1. This first one might be a penaea, perhaps penaea mucronata?

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2. And this second one I'd think is a protea or more likely a leucadendron, but none of the photos in my field guide come even close

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Any help will be greatly appreciated!

LOL arks you know i struggle with some of the Cape plants but will give it a try...

#1. This 1 is very difficult to say because it seems as if the plant is suffering some condition, hence the abnormal colour. My guess would be Staavia radiata (but it could also be one of the Rutaceae or Ericaceae).

#2. I agree with Leucadendron sp. but think it will be impossibe from this pic to brake it down further, sorry

Thanks for trying to help with these, JB. I did a bit of googling and that first one might be what you suggest, but from what I remember of the plant, it looked like that orange was its normal colour ... I suppose that I could try to find it again in September? A lot of these Cape plants are just going to have to remain mysteries, and I'll enjoy them just as much even if I don't know their names!

arks wrote:This plant, seen at Cape Point on 5 October 2007, are also, I think, an Ornithogalum, but the question is, which? Googling, I find that there are many different ones and I haven't found any that look remotely like this one. The closest I've found in Ornithogalum caudatum ...

Any ideas?

Hi What we hear is a Trachyandra but I'll have to get back to you with the species.

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